Tim Maas Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

I would say that Jesus quoted the passage in the way that He did because the portion that He quoted was the part of the verses that pertained to His ministry at that time, which was centered on providing the means for the salvation of humanity -- that is, "setting them free" (through His sinless life, sacrificial death, and resurrection) from sin and eternal separation from God. The part of the passage that He omitted (pertaining to proclaiming the "day of vengeance of our God") will indeed take place, but it will be when He comes again in glory at the close of the present age.

(Biblical Israel -- due to their desire to be liberated, not in a spiritual sense, but in a physical sense from their subjugation by the Romans -- placed the emphasis on Old Testament prophecies that spoke of the conquering nature of the Messiah's (second) coming, while overlooking the prophecies (such as Isaiah 53) that dealt with the suffering and death that He would undergo at His first coming. They largely rejected Jesus as the Messiah because His actions did not conform to their selective interpretation of what the Messiah would experience and accomplish.)

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Greg Serafino Pastor of Osceola Grace Church in the Midwest

In addition to the above answer would be that verse divisions were not in existence in the Hebrew Bible until 1571. With this truth in mind, it would be clear that Jesus was not stopping mid verse in his quote from Isaiah. However, he would have ended the quote while the thought could have been continued but as stated above, He is addressing current ministry time frames.
Here is a link that explains the chapter and verse divisions and their timing - It is not exhaustive but it is concise:https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_273.cfm

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Jack Gutknecht ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

This is an interesting question, Alex! I think the reason Jesus stopped in the middle there was because the day of vengeance is yet future. Right at that time Jesus was offering salvation. He was the predicted Messiah as Isaiah was here foretelling in Isaiah 61. People in Jesus' hometown, Nazareth, did not want not to hear that. Jesus understood that and said, “You are saying to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself.' You don't think I am the Messiah, but I am. I am that I am.” Jesus told the hard truth. 

This is a good example for us to follow, even when we're afraid. Jesus' friends and family were afraid for Him because according to the presiding rabbi, Jesus was speaking blasphemy, claiming to be God in the flesh. They took Him to a cliff to cast Him off to kill Him. (The law of Moses specified to kill blasphemers). But He escaped miraculously by just walking through their midst! It was not His time to die. He knew it, and He knew that soon enough He would be crucified for our sins. All of us. Be saved today. Call upon Jesus to save you. He gave His life for you. Repent and trust Jesus alone to get you saved. I beg you (if you haven't done it yet).

This is dramatized SO well here: Watch The Chosen Season 3 Episode 3: Physician, Heal. Google it.

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